Where does Kikkoman Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kikkoman Corporation ranks #4,890 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Kikkoman Corporation hold?

Kikkoman Corporation holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Kikkoman Corporation's Innovation Score?

Kikkoman Corporation has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kikkoman Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kikkoman Corporation's recent grant velocity is +34% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Kikkoman Corporation's patents?

Kikkoman Corporation's patents average 6.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Kikkoman Corporation patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Kikkoman Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Kikkoman Corporation focus on?

Kikkoman Corporation's top technology area is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media) with 40 patents, ranking #259 of 4,144 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kikkoman ranks #4,890 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 21 technology areas.

#4,890
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: +34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4890 · Foreign Corporation #4,890 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,890/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Innoplexus
CPC-FOCUS C12N · 21 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Innoplexus AG (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Kikkoman’s 38.8 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 14.8 pts (38%) Velocity 3.7 pts (10%) Breadth 16.2 pts (42%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DunAn Microstaq · near

39
Kikkoman · this assignee

39
Troy-CSL Lighting · near

39
Cynora · near

39
Institute OF… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kikkoman's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Kikkoman?

Each dot is one of Kikkoman’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Kikkoman’s own 6.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Kikkoman vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Kikkoman's grants concentrate

Kikkoman Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 56.3% of grants classified under C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Kikkoman sits between Innoplexus AG and Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST).

Kikkoman's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kikkoman Corporation moved from 31 to 17 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Innoplexus

71
International Rec…

71
Inventus Holdings

71
Io Therapeutics

71
Klein Tools

71
L&L Candle

71
LS Cable & System

71
Luxembourg Instit…

71
Kikkoman ◀

71

What this shows Kikkoman holds 71 patents at rank #4,890, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kikkoman

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,890 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Kikkoman's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kikkoman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12N (Microorganisms OR Enzymes), Kikkoman ranks #259 of 4,144 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

DunAn Microstaq, Inc. 39 Troy-CSL Lighting, Inc. 39 Institute OF Pharmacology AND Toxicology, Academy OF Military Medical Sciences 39 Cynora GmbH 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.9 here).

Macneil IP LLC 6.9 avg Disco Corporation 6.9 avg Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd. 6.9 avg Hyosung TNS Inc. 6.8 avg

Kikkoman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kikkoman Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	11.3%
2016	5	7.0%
2017	6	8.5%
2018	1	1.4%
2019	9	12.7%
2020	9	12.7%
2021	13	18.3%
2022	8	11.3%
2023	6	8.5%
2024	3	4.2%
2025partial year	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Kikkoman Corporation patent most?

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 40

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 24

C12Y - Enzymes 20

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 18

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 13

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 10

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 10

C07K - Peptides 9

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 6

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 6

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Kikkoman Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kikkoman Corporation's lead technology class is C12N (Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media), 56.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12N
Ranked #4,890 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kikkoman Corporation against Innoplexus AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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